Sunday, July 15, 2007

Perceptions.

Post 258 - - - - Sunday, 15th July, 2007.

Hi Everyone ~~ I am late starting tonight, again, but will postsomething. Hope you are all doing well and have had a greatweekend; it's all over for us Aussies, but has been a lovely onefor me. Today Bec took me to the local craft market and to seeanother new shop that had opened and also to a book shop - -I just love book shops, but should stay out of them as they getaway with some money quick smart.

Tonight I have a short piece called "Perceptions". Enjoy.

There were two brothers in a small village in the Eastern Cape.The twin brothers grew up knowing nothing else but poverty.Their father was an alcoholic and their mother a domesticworker. They grew up with very little.

On their way home one day, their parents were involved in anaccident and died instantly. The brothers' condition becameeven worse. At age 17 they separated. Years and years later afamily member decided to find them for a family reunion.

One of the brothers was a wealthy engineer owning a constructioncompany. He had a wife and three beautiful kids. The otherwas an alcoholic with no sense of direction.

The family member asked the engineer, "How did your life turnout like this ?""What did you expect with a childhood like mine?" he replied.

She moved to the other brother with the same question."What did you expect with a childhood like mine? he answered.

This tell us that, "men are not disturbed by the things thathappened but by their perception of the things that happened."- - - Author Unknown. - - -

Some more Shepparton cows. - - -

I like the dinosaur one, and the others are colorful.

A good friend, Sherrill and her husband sent me the next one - it's moreof a warning than a joke.

This lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobilephone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag which contained herphone, Credit card, purse . . etc . . was stolen.Twenty minutes later whenshe called her husband, from a Pay phone telling him what had happened,Hubby said, "I've just received your text asking about our Pin numberand I replied a little while ago."

When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the moneywas already withdrawn. The pickpocket had actually used the stolen cellphone to text "hubby" in contact list and got hold of the pin number, Within20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from the bank account.

Moral of the lesson : Do not disclose the relationship between you and thepeople in your contact list. Avoid using names like - Home, Hubby, Dad, Momsweetheart etc . . . And very importantly, when sensitive info is being askedthrough texts, CONFIRM by calling back.

Also when being texted by friends and family to meet them somewhere, besure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don'treach them, be careful about going places to meet "family and friends" whotext you.Please pass this on. Thanks Sherrill.<><><>

A police officer was driving his patrol car down next to a beach when he noticeda man knee deep in the water holding two red things; he wasn't sure what theywere. The officer made his way down the sand to the man standing in the water.As he approached, he could see that the two red things were lobsters.

The officer said to the man, "It's illegal to be poaching lobsters, you know."

"What are you talking about?" he said startled, these are my pet lobsters."

"Sure, they are !" replied the policeman.

"No, I'm serious. I will throw them into the waves and call them back. Theywill come.

"This, I have to see," chuckled the officer.

So the man launched the two lobsters back into the ocean and stood therewatching them.

"I thought you said you could call the two lobsters back," said the cop.

"Lobsters ?" replied the man, "what lobsters?"<><><>

A blonde was speeding in a 35 mile-per hour zone when a local policecruiser pulled her over.

The police officer who walked up to the car, also happened to be a blonde.She asked the blonde's driver's license.

The driver searched frantically in her purse for a while and finally saidto the blonde policewoman, "What does a driver's license look like?"

Irritated, the blonde cop said, "You dummy, it's got your picture on it !"The blonde driver frantically searched her purse again and found a smallrectangular mirror down at the bottom.

She held it up to her face and said, :Aha. This must be my driver's license,then handed it to the blonde policewoman.

The blonde cop looked in the mirror, handed it back to the driver and said,"You're free to go. And, if I had known you were a police officer too, wecould have avoided all of this."<><><>

Please note, I have the greatest respect for police, and nothing againstblondes either. Just happened to pick 2 cop jokes and the blonde one isespecially for Jim.<><><>

Well, it is time to hit the hay, so will get back to normal in the next day or so.Take care of each other and have a wonderful week ahead. Love and BestWishes to all. Cheerio, Merle.

Fabulous cows...actually a few years ago I seem to remember something like this done by the Uni art students. The Queen Street Mall was full of cows of all colours and scenes. It sure brightened the place up.

Loved the joke about the lobsters...

How nice that you and Bec are having such a lovely time. I'm a bit like you with book shops, I cannot go into one without buying a book...there's always one I have to have...lol!

Merle ~ They did the same thing (only with PIGS) in Des Moines, Iowa a few years ago, it was kind of fun to try and find them. They also did it in Minneapolis, Minnesota that same year, only with SNOOPY the cartoon character. ~ jb///